JetBlue and Asiana Airlines Partner to Provide Easier Access to Asia

[theaveragejoe]

- New options to Asia available via New York/JFK and Los Angeles (LAX) -
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Asiana Airlines offers daily nonstop service to Seoul from JFK and LAX -

 

NEW YORK and SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/
--JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), New York's
Hometown Airline™, and Asiana Airlines, South
Korea's award-winning carrier, today announced the launch of an interline
agreement to connect each other's networks and bring new flight options to
travelers between Asia and the Americas.

 

Through the arrangement, effective immediately, travelers can book
single-ticket travel combining flights on both carriers and enjoy one-stop
baggage check-in when they transfer between the airlines at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Tickets are
available for sale through travel agencies and Asiana's reservations call
center.

 

JetBlue is the largest domestic airline at JFK, where Asiana offers daily
nonstop service to its global hub at Incheon International Airport. Travelers
can connect onward to cities across Asia and
Oceania via Seoul.

 

U.S.-bound travelers will enjoy easy transfers at JFK from Asiana to JetBlue
destinations including Boston, Massachusetts;
Burlington, Vermont; Syracuse and Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New
York; Portland, Maine, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and six cities in Florida including Fort
Lauderdale, Orlando, and Jacksonville.

 

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